Sewing and knitting cabinet



` April 9, 1946. E. P. scHRs-:YER 2,398,256 SEWING AND KNITTING CABINET l x Filed Aug. 2, 1945r A l l Y {L/Simon? BY 3 Patented Apr. 9, 1946 UNITEDI STATES PATENT OFFICE SEWING AND KNITTING CABINET Edward P. ,Schreyen Milwaukee, Wis. Application August 2, 1943, Serial No. 497,047'

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in sewing and knitting cabinets,

It is a general object of the present invention `to provide an upright, hinged type of sewing similar spindles on the other foldable member that large spools or balls of thread on the spindies of one shelf will compactly intert with smaller spools on the set of spindles of the opposite shelf when the cabinet is closed.

A further object of the invention is to provide a cabinet of the class described so 'hinged together and constructed as to provide a maximum of useful space between the foldable members when the cabinet is closed while preserving aneat vclosed appearance. Thus, a iiexible sewing; or knitting bag supported on one of the foldable cabinet members may be suitably accommodated, while in suspended position, between the members when the cabinet is closed, even when a portion of said bag is lled with bulging articles.

A further object of the invention is to provide a sewing or knitting cabinet which is so constructed that it may serve as an adjustable holder for a skein of yarn While the knitter is winding said yarn in the form of a ball.

Other objects of the invention are to provide a sewing and knitting cabinet which is neat and attractive in appearance, to serve as a fireplace screen or other permanent article -of furniture when not in use which is light in weight so that it can be readily moved from one room to another; which is relatively inexpensive to manufacture; and which is well adapted for the purposes described.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists ofthe improved sewing and knitting cabinet, and all its parts and combinations as set forth in the claim, and all equivalents thereof.

In -the accompanying drawing illustrating one complete embodiment of the preferred form of invention, in which the same reference numerals designate the same parts in all of the views:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the cabinet in closed condition;

Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the cabinet in open condition looking at the` interior thereof;

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view.

closed position of Fig.V 1 to the open position of` Fig. 2..

The upright` member 5 includes upright side strips 8 and 9 which are spaced apart by transverse members Il] and Il. The members 8, 9, l0 and I I are all grooved as at I2 (Fig. 3) to receive the edges of a panel I3. Thus, the panel is securely held in position in a simplev manner. The panel I3j may be formed of cardboard, composition board, plywood or other relatively thin material. It is tobe noted that the panel is positioned relatively close to the outermost sides of the strips 8, ,9, Ill and II so as to provide a maximum ofspace on the inner side of the panel for accommodating articles. The other upright member 6 is constructed in a similar manner and comprises upright strips I4 and l I5 which are spaced apart by transverse top and bottom strips IS and Il. The upright member 6 also includes an outer panel llll which is similar to the panel I3 and held in position in the same manner as heretofore described in connection with the panel I3. I

The upright strips 8, 9, I4 and l5 project below the bottom transverse strips II and I I to form supporting legs. The strips 8 and I4 also project a substantial distance above the top transverse members I0 and I6 as at I9 and 20 to form yarn holders. The upper ends of the upright strips 9 and I5 may also project upwardly a similar distance to match the appearance of the yarn holding extensions I9 and 20.

Spaced downwardly from the upper rails I0 and I6 are shelves 2| and 22. These shelves are positioned against the inner surfaces of the panels I3 and I8 and project a substantial distance beyond the upright strips 8, 9, I4 and I5 as at 23 and 24. When the cabinet is in the closed condition of Fig. 3 the adjacent edges of the shelves 2| and 22 contact one another, as shown in Fig.

3, and hold the two upright members and 6 in a relatively widely spaced condition so as to accommodate a-maximum number of articles between the foldable members. It is to be noted that the hinges are so constructed as to permit this relatively wide spacing in closed condition. To this end, each hinge leaf may have a pair of angularly disposed wings, as shown in Fig. 4, the outer of which is attached to the upright strips 9 and l0, the inner or pintle carrying wing of each plate extending obliquely,.as shown.

The shelf 2| is equipped with spindles 25 which project upwardly therefrom. These spindles are Y staggered in position with respect to similar spindles 2B on the opposite shelf 22. With this arrangement, when the cabinet is closed as in Fig. 4, large balls 21 of mending cotton may be positioned on the spindles of one of the shelves and smaller spools 28 may be positioned on the spindles of the other shelf. Due to the staggered position of the spindles the spools and balls of thread on the two sides will intert, as shown in Fig. 4, to permit closing of the cabinet without interference.

Spaced below the shelf 22 is another shelf 29 which is of less depth than the shelf 22 and which has spindles 30 for accommodating standard sized spools. Mounted on the upright member 5 opposite to the shelf 29 is a reinforcing strip 3|. It is to be noted that when the cabinet is closedjas in Fig. 3, there is a substantial space between the shelf 29 and the strip 3 `A fabric panel 33 provided with article receiving pockets 34 may be secured between the shelf 29 and the bottom transverse member l1. `On the opposite side of the cabinet the shelf 2| may be equipped with end pegs 35 for removably holding a knitting or sewing bag 3B and a pin cushion 31. When the cabinet is closed, as

shown in Fig. 3, the bag 36 may bulge into the spaces below the shelves 2| and 22 and into the space below the transverse strip 3| while extending downwardly through the space 32 between the shelf 29 and the strip 3|. Thus the bag may be accommodated, while holding a reasonable number or articles, without interfering with the com-plete closing of the cabinet. This bag may be readily removed from the cabinet when desired, for use independently thereof.

Yarn is commonly sold in elongated skeins which the knitter usually wishes to wind in a ball before using the yarn for knitting purposes. The present sewing cabinet provides a unique holder for the skein while the yarn is being unwound therefrom. The skein of yarn 38 may be placed over the yarn holding projections |9 and 20 and the cabinet may be opened a desired distance depending upon the length of the skein.

Vthat a maximum number of useful articles may be accommodated in ya relatively thin cabinet, when the cabinet is closed, withoutinterfering with the complete closing movement. It is also apparent that the particular hinging and shelf arrangement provides a maximum amount of useful space in the position of Fig. 3 including space within which a sewing or knitting bag may be suspended.

Various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention and all of such changes are contemplated as may come within the scop'e of the claim.

What I claim is:

A sewing and knitting cabinet comprising a pair of upright frame members hingedly connected to each other at adjacent upright edges, each frame member including edge strips and a relatively thin panel positioned toward the outer faces of said edge strips to provide an article accommodating space on the inner side of the panel and within the edge strips, a transverse article shelf in the upper portion of the article accommodating space of each frame member, said shelves having outer edges which project beyond the inner faces of the edge strips and abut when the cabinet is closed to maintain the inner faces of the edge strips in spaced position, the hinge connection for the frame members including hinges having extensions of such length as to permit said spacing produced by the abutting shelves while maintaining the frame members in substantial parallelism when the cabinet is closed, means on one of said shelves from which a flexible bag may be suspended to bulge into the article accommodating spaced therebelow and into the space between the frame members when the cabinet is closed, and a transverse shelf in each frame member below the rst mentioned shelves, said second shelves being of less width than the shelves thereabove so that the edges of said lower shelves are spaced apart when the cabinet is closed whereby said bag may hang downwardly through the space between said lower shelves.

EDWARD P. SCHREYER. 

